Mansur Khan (qollar-aghasi)
Safavid military commander / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gorjasbi Beg,[lower-alpha 1] better known as Mansur Khan, was a Safavid military commander, royal gholam, and official from the Georgian Orbeliani clan. He served as the commander of the empire's élite gholam corps (qollar-aghasi) sometime before 1693, and as the governor (beglarbeg) of Qandahar in 1663.
Quick Facts Commander of the Gholam, Preceded by ...
Mansur Khan | |
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Commander of the Gholam | |
In office 1663–1663 | |
Preceded by | Kaykhosrow Khan |
Succeeded by | Isa Beg |
Governor of Qandahar | |
In office >1693–Unknown | |
Preceded by | Otar Beg Orbeliani |
Succeeded by | Jamshid Khan |
Military service | |
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He was a son of the Georgian nobleman Aslamaz, and had at least two brothers, Otar (Zu al-Faqār) and Vakhushti, who held prominent positions like him. According to Alexander Orbeliani (1802–1869), he had one more brother named Kaykhosrow.